See Salih Pass, Drew Catch, Records Fall

October 16, 2013

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Detroit Cesar Chavez quarterback Omar Salih and receiver Nate Drew threw themselves into the MHSAA and national record books Friday. 

Salih completed 28 of 45 passes for 674 yards and nine touchdowns in a 64-41 win over Mayville. Drew caught 16 of those passes for 456 yards and seven scores. 

The yardage and touchdown totals for both are MHSAA records, and Drew's yardage also tied the national record for one game. 

We've cut and clipped together those seven touchdown passes. See below:


Be the Referee: Fumble Out of Bounds

By Paige Winne
MHSAA Director of Brand Management

August 25, 2026

Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.

Below is this week's segment – Fumble Out of Bounds - Listen

We are on the football field today, where the offense has the ball on their own 20-yard line. It’s 3rd-and 10. They run a draw play, with the running back gaining nine yards before fumbling at the 29 yard-line.

The fumbled ball goes forward to the 35-yard line before another offensive player recovers. Where should the ball be marked?

Because the ball was recovered in-bounds, it’s first down for the offense at the point of recovery, the 35-yard line.

If the ball had rolled out of bounds at the 35-yard line, before anyone could recover it, it would have been brought back to the spot of the fumble – the 29-yard line – making it 4th-and-1 for the offense.

(Photo by Larry Arreguin/Team Arreguin Photos.)